Scottish Episcopal Flickr

It is open to anyone, not just members of the church; the only criteria are that photos shared with the group are of church events or buildings or people. Tourists passing by, you’re welcome. The group’s guidelines are over here.

There is a chance that we might wish to reuse images posted to the group for publicity purposes, so if you could ensure they’re highest resolution, good quality and reusable under an appropriate Creative Commons license, we would be grateful!

Many thanks to Tim for creating the group. SEC Bloggers – it would be very helpful if you could copy this note at repost on your own blogs. Let’s make this viral.

The flickr SEC group is a way of gathering pictures (by tagging them with a label) that have already been published on flickr.

My own view is that a someone posing for pictures at their institution sevice has already given consent for those pictures to be taken and that it is not unreasonable for public figures to be recorded doing public things.

There are circumstances where it is important to ask permission of someone, but the SEC group on Flickr is simply a label by which pics posted elsewhere might be found.

Kimberly: people are the complex part of the guidelines. 😉
Well, kids are out. No photos of those.
I’d weigh it up on grounds of publicity. If you’re outdoors in public there is no expectation of privacy and anyone may take your photo. I would also say that public figures serve more use by having reasonable photos visible than not. However, the more indoors, or the more identifiable a congregation member, or the more private the function, the less I’d expect to see the results in the group.